Holder and punch for price or pay checks.



J. RIIKONEN.

HOLDER AND PUNCH FOR PRICE 0R PAY CHECKS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6;, 1917.

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, To all whom it camera:

. Be it known thatI, dorm .Rrrnhniin, ,a citizen of the "United States,and] a resident of Chicagoflnfthe county of Gookand State ofIllinois,haveinvented certain new and This invention relates toimprovements in a holding and punching deviceflfor that class of paychecks or tickets useddn .a large numberof restaurants, and sometimes in1 other lines of business, which checks "or tickets have displayed ononeof their faces in a row along one or both of their edges, a series ofnumerals some ofwhich increase numerically or by digits, while othersthereof usually. increase from 5, in multiples of 5, to 100 or above.Tlhesechecks; are usually formedby being placed one on the other .intotablets or .pads,fin such a way, thatoneof the checks or tickets may beremoved at a timewhen it is necessary to indicate thereon, by punchingor marking out one of the numbers, the. amount to be paidto the cashierfor the meal which has been served or as the price Offillfll'tlClQOI'articles which have been purchased, The

numerals .on'the checks or tickets,which are arranged numerically or bydigits .are employed toiindicate the number of the waiter orsalesman whodelivers the check or ticket to the customer or patron, and one of saidnumerals is usually punched or markedr out to designate the waiter orsalesman: who deliverssaid check.

lhe principal object ofthe invention, is to provide a holder and punchof the above- ..named general character, which-shall. be

simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durable and eiiicient inoperation. withits parts so made and arranged that it can beconveniently fastened to, a waistband or belt on the body of the userand in such a position i that the checks held thereby will be protectedfrom accidental dislocation,yet may be readily reached for removal fromthe holder or tablet one, at; a time.

A. further object of the inventiomis to V I Specification of LettersPatent. Application filed. June, e, 1917. Serial rro. 173,196,

or tickets Patented Dec. d, Wi t.

provide fneans for punching the checks accurately at the desired pointsby the use of one hand only, ifdesired.

Other'objects and advantages of the invention, willbe disclosed in thesubjoined description and explanation. .1

,111 the accompanying drawingwhich serves to illustrate an embodimentofthe nvention, f r

Fi re 1, is a planview of the device, showing a tablet of checks heldthereby Fig. 2, is a side view thereof. y Fig. 3, is a longitudinalsectional view taken on line 3-8 of, Fig. 1, looking in the directionindicated by the arrows. 1

Fig. 4, is a cross-sectional View taken on line of Fig. 2, lookingin thedirection indicated by the arrows, and ii H Fig. 5, is a detached viewof one of the checks as it will appear after being punched by thedevice. I e v a Like numerals of reference, refer to'corresponding partsthroughout the different views ofthe drawing.

The body or casing of the device is desig nated as a whole, by thereference numeral 10, and; includes an, elongated flat piece-of metal 11which forms the bottom. o flthe holder for a tablet or pad 1210f checksor tickets 13, and a side plate 14: which forms thus exposing a portionof one of the sides of the pad or tablet 12 so that the checks 13forming the same may be readily reached and removed fromthe pad, oneatatiine. By reference to Fig. 3 of the drawing, it will be seen thatthe member 11 0f the body or casing is bent near one of its ends to forma substantiallyrectangular casing orbox 15 and that the upper horizontalportion of said member .11. and box isprojecteddongitudinally withrespect to the inner lowerportion of the member 11. or bottofrnflof fthe holder. and .in parallelism therewith, --as shown atlfj for. thepurpose to be presently xp aine ,fiw t rrs eas er 9? .40 .curedat one ofof themember 7 extension 28 which is fastened the inner end of Thatportion of the box adjacentto the 15 opposite the inner the same. 7 orstrap 27 is provided with a hook 30' to the member or bottom 11 of thetablet holder is a spring 17 which projects at its free end to a pointnear the inner wall of the box 15 and has its free portionupwardlydeflect-ed to rest against-the lowermost check of the pad or tablet aswill be readily understood by; reference to Figs 8 ofthe drawing. Theinner wall of the box 15, or the wall thereof adjacent to the inner endof the tablet 12, when the same is in position .in the holder therefor,is formed by means of a vertical plate: 18 which has at its upperportion a horizontal extension 19 underlying the extension 16 of themember 11 and may be soldered. or otherwise secured to the last namedextension for thej 'aurpose of reinforcing the same. As shown the wallor plate 18 extends upwardly from the lower portiio'nlof the box 15 atthe inner end of the sid'e pl'at'e 1 1 and this closes the boxlo andbesides provides'a wall against which the tablet 12 may abut.

side plate 14: of the holder, which portion will'be termed the frontpart of the device, is closed by the pl ateor member19 which has aninturned 'flan'ge 20 vertically secured to. the inner surface of thewall of the box end of the side plate 1 1, see Figs. and 4 of thedrawing. The

plate or member 19 is provided with a ver- 't'ica-lly disposed guide-way21 which is substantially \l-shaped in cross-section and has its upperend open for the reception and operationof a similarly shaped plunger orpunch 22 which has its lower end slightly inwardly beveled asat 23to'correspond with the inclination or beveled upper portion of an opening24 in the lower portion of the guide-Way 21 for the plungeror punch. Se-

its ends to the flange 2O 19 is a coiled spring 25 which is locatedwithin the box 15 and has its other end securedto the upper portion ofthe plunger or punch 22 just below a head or thumb piece 26 with whichthe upper portion or the plunger is provided, for the purpose ofdepressing the same. The wall of the box or casing 15"opposite the member 19 and gu de-way2l' is.formed by means of a plate or strap 27 whichis provided at its lower portion with a horizontal by means of a screw29 to the bottom of the box or cas ing. 15 and extends overan opening inthe lower end of the guide-way 21 so as to close The upper portionof theplate e gage a waist-band or belt or pocket of theuser. j v j Each ofthe checks. or tickets 13 forming the pads or tablets 12 is transverselyperforated or weakened near one of its ends as at 31, see Fig. 3, sothat when the tablet .body of the waiter or ling the checks or ticketsto be torn 011' one at a time.

.From the foregoing and by reference to the drawings, it will be readilyunderstood and clearly seen, that the hook 30 of the device may beplaced over a belt or waistband or in the vest pocket of the user, whenit is apparent that the device will. be held in substantially ahorizontal position with one ofthe sidesof the tablet against the user,while the other side of the tablet will be protected by the si de plate14, yet in such a manner, as to permit the checks or tickets 13 to beeasily reached and torn off one at a time. \Vhen it is desired to punchout a number or numbers onthe check, this can be done by placing'thetorn ofl' check horizontally in the flared opening or slot 24-, when bydepressing the punch 22 by applying pressure to the head 26 thereof, itis evident that a. V shaped opening or openings will be formed in theedge or edges of the check so as to indicate the number or numbersdesired.

The clippings or pieces punched out of the checks will be retained bythe box 15 thus preventing them falling on the floor, and it is obviousthat they can be removed from the box or casing by removing the plate.or strap 27, or if desired, the tablet 12, it. being understood thatthe plate 18 does not entirely close the opening in the box 15 in whichit is located.

Having thus fully described my inven tion, what I claim as new anddesire to so cure by LettersPatent is 1. A holder and punch for checksor tickets consistingof a body having at one of its ends an overlyingpart and a casing, a guide-way in one of the walls of the easing havingan opening near one of its ends and a punch slidably mounted in saidguideway.

' 2. A holder and punch for checks or tickets consisting of an elongatedbody having at one of its edgesa transversely extended overlying memberand a casing, a guide way in one oi the walls of said casing having anopening near one of its ends, a spring onthe floor of the body, and a.spring-actumounted in said guideabutment and a part extendedtransversely Within the casing and secured at one of its thereof nearone end of sand abutment, a ends to the same and at Its other end tocaslng on the body at said end, a guide on sald punch.

one of the Walls of said casing having an JOHN RHKONEN. opening near oneof its ends, a spring on Witnesses:

the floor of the body, a punch slidably CHAS. C. TILLMAN,

mounted on said guide, and a spring located S. F. PUZICK.

flopieu of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing; the Gommissioner of lPaten'tu, Washington, 11). Q.

